Good place to find earcons / auditory icons examples

September 16, 2013 6:09 AM

Several years ago I remember there was a web site where you could find an assortment of earcons/auditory icons/station id's/etc. The NBC chimes, the Intel Inside tones, the jazzy Comedy Central stinger, etc. Now my Google-fu is failing me, and I'd like to find all of these to include in a presentation. I can find some of them on YouTube, but not all the ones the site I remember had. Failing this, can you recommend a good studio who creates these that has an online portfolio I could check out? I'd like to use the short jingles/earcons in a branding presentation for my students. Thanks.
posted by ferdinandcc to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

The Daily Wav?
posted by jbickers at 6:34 AM on September 16, 2013

For production music and such, Firstcom is the largest player in the game at the moment although you'll likely not find anything recognizable immediately. These aren't necessarily those 1 or 2 second clips that you hear, but they have a lot of background music that would be on game shows, newscasts, etc.

Also, televisiontunes.com and tvpmm.com - although I've been skeptical of the last one since they charge for some stuff, IIRC.
posted by fizzix at 6:49 AM on September 16, 2013

Google up "Eric Siday" and "Identitones".

Siday was a pioneer in this area.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:54 AM on September 16, 2013